A member of a pastoral people living in South Sudan, or the Nilotic language they speak.
From Dinka self-designation; the people have lived in the Nile Valley region for centuries. The name entered English from Arabic and European colonial documentation of East African peoples.
The Dinka people are among the world's tallest populations on average, with some anthropologists linking this to their pastoral cattle-herding lifestyle and adaptation to the Sudanese savanna environment. Their cattle culture is so central to Dinka life that cattle are used as currency and bride-price.
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